Jake Shields won a five round split decision over Demien Maia in Maia’s hometown of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Shields, 171 lbs of San Francisco, CA won by scores of 48-47 on two cards and is now 29-6-1-1. Maia, 171 lbs is now 18-5.
Dong Hyung Kim scored an explosive 2nd round stoppage over Erick Silva in a Welterweight bout.
Kim rocked Silva with a perfect left to the jaw that slumped silva to the mat and took one crushing blow while being defenseless and the fight was stopped at 3:01 of round two.
Kim, 171 lbs of Busak, South Korea is now 18-2-1-1. Silva, 170 lbs of Brazil is 15-4-1.
Thiago Silva scored a three round unanimous decision over Matt Hamil in a Light Heavyweight bout.
Silva, 208 lbs of Brazil won by scores of 30-27, 30-27 and 29-27 and is now 16-3-2. Hamil, 205 lbs of Utica, NY is now 12-5.
Fabio Maldonado scored a three round split decision over Joey Beltran in a Light Heavyweight bout.
Maldonado, 204 lbs of Brazil won two cards by a score of 29-28 and is now 21-4. Beltran, 205 lbs of Carlsbad, CA took a card at 29-28 and is now 14-9-1.
Rousimar Palhares scored a first round submission over Mike Pierce in a Welterweight bout.
Palhares made Pierce tap out with a leg lock just 31 seconds into the bout.
Palhores is now 24-5. Pierce, 171 lbs of Portland, OR is 17-6.
Raphalel Assuncao scored a three round split decision over TJ Dillashaw in a Bantamweight contest.
Assuncao won by scores of 29-28 on two cards while Dillashaw took a card at 29-28.
Assuncao, 135 lbs of Alpheretta, GA is now 20-4. Dillashaw, 136 lbs of Sacramento, GA is now 9-2.
Igor Arauju scored a three round unanimous decision over Ildemar Alcantara in a Welterweight bout.
Scores were 29-28 on all cards for Arauju, 171 lbs of Albuquerque, NM and is now 24-6-1. Alcanatra, 171 lbs of Squire Para, BRA is now 19-6.
Yan Cabal scored a three round unanimous decision over David Mitchell in a Welterweight fight.
Scores were 30-27 on all cards for Cabal, 170 lbs of Rio and is now 11-0. Mitchell, 171 lbs of Santa Rosa, CA is now 12-4.
Chris Cariaso scored a second round stoppage over Iliarde Santos in a Flyweight bout.
After a good first round for Santos, Cariaso scored with hard shots that backed Santos up on the cage and three hard shots slumped Santos over and the fight was stopped at 4:31 of round two.
Cariaso, 125 lbs of Tucson, AZ is ranked number eight at Flyweight and is now 15-6. Santos, 126 lbs of Bleem Para, Brazil is now 27-9.
Alan Patrick scored a 1st round stoppage over Garrett Whiteley in a Lightweight bout.
Patrick landed a straight left that sent Whiteley down and Patrick jumped all over a prone Whiteley and pounded him in the face several times before the fight was stopped at 3:54 of round one.
Patrick, 155 lbs of Rio is now 11-0. Whiteley, 156 lbs of Indianapolis is now 8-1.
